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A police force has been fined £150,000 by the Information Commissioner. The penalty results from the theft of a memory stick with information on over 1,000 people involved in drug squad investigations. For more information and advice on...
17 October 2012
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Xbox Live gamers playing pirated copies of Microsoft's forthcoming Halo 4 are being threatened with account suspension and other penalties. For more information and advice on safe online gaming, click here Some have already had their Xbox...
17 October 2012
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Two companies have been fined a total of £450,000 for misleading promotions on social media and networking sites. The fines have been levied by PhonepayPlus, the UK premium rate telephone regulator, who has warned consumers to be on their...
15 October 2012
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Skype users are being warned that the platform is being used by hackers to distribute a 'worm' that infects Windows PCs. For more information on safe use of Skype, click here Clicking on an instant message saying "lol is this your...
10 October 2012
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A spate of Tweets by sports stars which have attracted press coverage of the wrong kind, prompts us to remind visitors to this site - celebrity or not - to think twice about putting posts on social networking sites, and remembering that what goes...
9 October 2012
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